[Jewelry making - Article 00665] - Re: [Orchid] Half round dead soft Argentium wire

[Terry Ogden]

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    Bob,
    Pulling (draw plate) is the only way I get off size wires, and you
    only pay extra once for the draw plate and it is with you forever. 

    Grace,
    The article in this months (Feb 06) Lapidary journal, the guy who
    originally developed AS, baked his at 300, the rest of the sites on
    this item, recommend 500 or 550, I have done mine at 450 and 500 and
    see no difference in the hardness I get. I leave them in 30 minutes
    After baking AS though you will have a light yellow to tan coating,
    pickle to remove. If you are doing rings, size before hardening, I
    buggered up a ring stretcher forgetting to do that. 

Terry

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